And inside that room, another room still. “But then suppose you stepped into one of those rooms and discovered another room within it.
Josie’s mother, Chrissie, was at first apprehensive but eventually yielded to her daughter’s wishes. Her loyalty was rewarded when Josie and her mother came back with the sole purpose of finally bringing home an AF. Still, Klara held on to her promise, even subtly rejecting offers from other prospective customers.
Weeks passed by but there was not one sign of Josie ever coming back. The young girl, Josie, promised that she will come back for Klara. As their eyes linked, an indelible connection between them was established. Klara’s fortune changed one day when a young girl child walked in the store and spotted Klara. She is solar-powered and relies on the sun for her nourishments but with the B3 units in vogue, the B2’s relevance was undermined. Klara was a B2, an earlier variant of humanoid. With her chances of finding a companion, she found herself relegated to the back of the store, replaced at the front display by the newer generation of AFs, the B3 units. As days passed by, she was a witness to how her peers were being sold in droves, accompanied by willing and elated children giddy with the anticipation at the experience of having an AF. However, despite days of being featured at the front, she hasn’t caught the attention of any child who would be willing to take her. The titular Klara is an artificial friend (AF) prominently displayed at the store. In 2021, six years since his last published work, Ishiguro made his long-awaited literary comeback with Klara and the Sun. His accolades speak for themselves and In 2017, he reached what can be surmised as the zenith of his literary career when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was also awarded as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. All but two of his previous works have been shortlisted for major literary awards. Since then, he has won a score of prestigious literary prizes such as the Whitbread Prize for An Artist of the Floating World, and the Booker Prize for The Remains of the Day.
Ever since his debut in 1982 with A Pale View of Hills, Japanese-born novelist Kazuo Ishiguro has certainly established himself as a household name in the world of literature.
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